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Brad Varney
13th November 2011, 11:34 PM
Sad news, the A340 is one of my favourite airbus aircraft. :(
Looks like the T7 and A330 have killed it off.
http://www.airlineberg.com/index.php/2011/11/10/airbus-ended-a340-production/
Michael Mak
14th November 2011, 12:52 AM
It's a sad news but not unexpected. A340 is my favourite aircraft. :(
John Arena
14th November 2011, 06:42 AM
I've been wondering when this announcement would be confirmed, sad day indeed, the A340 is such a pleasure to fly on!

John
Kent Broadhead
14th November 2011, 08:02 AM
Looks like the T7 and A330 have killed it off.
And the A380 at the upper end, let alone the A350 to do what the A330 can't with similar capacity. I've always like the A340 bits from Milperra!
Steve S... 2
14th November 2011, 10:33 AM
That's great news, unattractive aeroplane really!

Love the A330 though...
Laurent Sanhard
14th November 2011, 10:42 AM
a beautiful bird that will be sadly missed , ugly - ?? depends on the color scheme ...a great aircraft to fly on , very spacoius and smooth , even though production has ceased , she will be around for many years to come . http://www.airliners.net/photo/Etihad-Airways/Airbus-A340-642/1904920/L/&sid=aa9bef9c3ac7bae2aecb1fd7f6532d2a
Brian Wilkes
14th November 2011, 11:25 AM
A very under rated aircraft by all!
Kent Broadhead
14th November 2011, 01:24 PM
If it had two engines Isn't that an A330? :)

Sort of sad to see it go (A345 was very nice), but better to ramp up the A350 program and A320 neo.
Kent Broadhead
14th November 2011, 01:43 PM
Well, no, it isn't. I don't see any A330-600X aircraft in operation, or built for that matter. Nor A330-500.

I don't disagree with you about the larger frames (and I'd selectively quoted you, so can't complain about your edit :) ). I'd always worked the basis that the 500 and 600 were stepping stones for the 380 engines?

But perhaps the decision to go long with the A340 rather than the A330 predated the 777LR program? Anyway, A330s going well, A380s going reasonably, A320 going gangbusters and A350 soon to come. Same old A vs B leapfrogging I suppose....
Ellis Taylor
15th November 2011, 07:51 PM
The A340, at least in its first guise, would never have had a long life. The first time I travelled on one was with SriLankan Airlines, and I was puzzled why you would use four Boeing 737 issues (CFM56s on that one) on an aircraft designed to fly long-haul. Sure, the -600 and -500 were major improvements, but at the end of the day fuel prices made them uneconomic against the 777s. With extended twin ops now the standard in most of the world (SYD-EZE and SYD-JNB excepted), Airbus's bet on the '4 engines for longhaul' mantra ultimately lost out